Major Shareholders' trust and market risk: Substituting weak institutions with trust

Submitted by Munir on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 07:20
Year
2021
Language
English
Abstract
This study examines the impact of foreign controlling shareholder trust on firm market risk using two measures of total and idiosyncratic risk. An extensive global sample of 12,496 firm-year observations from 43 countries is employed. The results show that firms controlled by foreign trusting shareholders display lower levels of risk in both market measures. Trust appears more important for firms based in countries with a less favourable institutional environment, whereby it varies with the investment horizon of foreign controlling shareholders. The results are robust after controlling for cultural measures, endogeneity, selection bias and alternate model specifications.
English
ISSN/ISBN
09291199
No. of Pages
101784
Volume
66
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